Species
Rudbeckia occidentalis (Western cone-flower)
Rudbeckia occidentalis. Photo: (c) Bryant Olsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Rudbeckia occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name western coneflower. It is native to the northwestern United States from Washington to northern California and east to Wyoming and Montana, where it grows in moist habitat types, such as meadows. It is an erect perennial herb growing from a thick rhizome, its mostly unbranched stem approaching two meters in maximum height. The large leaves are generally oval but…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
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Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
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Subfamily: Asteroideae
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Tribe: Heliantheae (Sunflowers and allies)
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Subtribe: Rudbeckiinae (Black-eyed susans, coneflowers, and prairie coneflowers)
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Genus: Rudbeckia (Black-eyed susans and coneflowers)
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Section: Macrocline (Rudbeckia sect. macrocline)
- Species: Rudbeckia occidentalis (Western cone-flower)
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Section: Macrocline (Rudbeckia sect. macrocline)
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Genus: Rudbeckia (Black-eyed susans and coneflowers)
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Subtribe: Rudbeckiinae (Black-eyed susans, coneflowers, and prairie coneflowers)
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Tribe: Heliantheae (Sunflowers and allies)
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Subfamily: Asteroideae
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Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
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Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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